Elio's attack hit the Mutated Green Glowing Parrot heavily. The bird monster's body fell down. Elio then re-sheathed his blade.
[Not bad, Host]
[This is not just a deceptive and elegant move that can surprise and confuse the enemy with its changing angles and directions, but it also requires a lot of finesse and agility to execute]
[It is said that only the most cunning and graceful swordsmen can master this move and vanish like the mist]
"Cunning? Me? The fuck you damn system." Elio was a bit annoyed at the last sentence of the system's statement. "Are you praising me or making fun of me?"
[Ding]
[Congratulations, Host got the Green Glowing Feather Drop Item]
"Huh... Drop Item? It turns out that there is a similar feature in a game too?" Elio looked a little surprised
[Host, Drop Item is--]
"Well, that's later. For now, I've completed one more of the Path Mission." Elio didn't care about the drop item he got from the battle earlier. "Come on now, where's the reward for me, system?"
[...]
[Congratulations, Host, for killing an exotic monster, rewarded 10 system points]
[Path Mission: Kill 4 Exotic Monsters of different monster species 2/4]
[Host obtained Hand-to-hand Method skill for killing Exotic Monster]
"Woahh... this time, it's a skill for close combat with bare hands." Elio was a little surprised to see the reward from the system.
"Hhmm... not bad." Elio looked quite happy with the gift from the system. "I can't hold a blade all the time, right?"
"Well, I guess I'll check my status details." Elio then immediately opened his system window. "System Window open."
[System Window]
[System Level: 0]
[Host: Elio Vukan]
[Age: 15]
[Race: Human]
[Level: 140]
[Skills: One Heart Flame, Swordsmanship, Hand-to-hand Method]
[Item: Ring of Aura Concealment, Renunciation Blade]
[System Point: 94]
"Hhmm... I leveled up to level 140 from level 125 after killing the Exotic Monster with level 155 earlier." Elio watched his status in the system window thoroughly.
"System points also increased quite a bit from 82 points to 94," Elio added.
[Ding]
[A group of humans was detected not far from where the Host was]
"Huh?" Elio, who was still paying attention to the details of his status in his system, began to get diverted.
"Is it true, system?" Elio tried to conform to his system
[Yes]
"Well, let's see who our visitor is this time." Elio then immediately went to the coordinate point notified by the system.
As soon as Elio was a little close to the coordinate point the system referred to, Elio stopped and observed the situation.
"That... ah, that turned out to be Drest." Elio, who saw from a distance, immediately recognized one of the people from this human group.
"Ah.. he was with some people. Could it be the people from Drest's village?" Elio looked a little questioning.
"It seems that they are fighting a pack of wolf monsters," Elio said, still observing the situation, then opened his system window.
[System Window]
[Name: Blood Fang Wolf]
[Race: Monster]
[Level: 50]
"Monster ranked 50--."
"Hhhmm..." Before Elio could continue his sentence, he saw several Blood Fang Wolf sneaking around. This Blood Fang Wolf looked like it wanted to attack Drest and a middle-aged man beside Drest.
"The two people besides Drest and the middle-aged man are busy fighting the other Blood Fang Wolf; it looks like I have to help." Elio then immediately rushed towards Drest's place.
When Elio got closer, he saw the Blood Fang Wolf, who was sneaking around earlier, jump up and try to attack Drest.
Elio did not remain silent; he attacked the Blood Fang Wolf from his place.
"Shockwave Slash."
The Shockwave Slash successfully killed and smashed the Blood Wolf Fangs into pieces.
"You are..." The village chief looked in the direction the voice came from.
"Big brother Elio." Drest looked happy to see Elio again.
"Scram all of you, wolf monsters," Elio shouted loudly, intimidating the remaining Blood Fang Wolf.
The remaining Blood Fang Wolf was trembling with fear. They retreated slowly and immediately ran away from the place.
"Ah, Drest... thank goodness you returned to your village safely, and you look fine." Elio looked at Drest and saw that he looked all right.
"Everyone, since it's getting late in the evening, how about we rest at my place." Elio turned his eyes to people other than Drest.
Then he led the way at the front to his place.
The village chief and Reeve conversed in a whisper at the very back.
"Reeve, what do you think?" the village chief asked Reeve his opinion of Elio.
"From seeing him earlier, he was able to scare the Blood Fang Wolf by just shouting; this young man at least has a rank in the range of rank 75," Reeve said, explaining his opinion of Elio to the village chief.
"As far as I know, it takes at least several dozens of ranks in the level difference to do that," Reeve added.
"Hhhmm..." The village chief who heard Reeve's opinion then seemed to think of something.
"Here we are." Elio stopped his footsteps.
He stopped a few meters from where he lived in the Black Forest. The group from Lizhi village soon came to a stop as well.
"It turns out that there really are people who live in a forest full of monsters like this." Hakan, who saw a wooden house in front of his eyes, looked somewhat in disbelief.
"Look, I'm not lying, right?" Drest immediately replied a bit sarcastically to Hakan's words.
"Please come in." Elio invited them all into his house. "Make yourself at home."
The group from Lizhi village entered the wooden house. Elio looked to the back of his house and seemed to be tidying up something.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Elio soon returned and sat in front of the group from Lizhi Village.
"So, if I may know, what is you guys' purpose for coming here?" Elio asked Lizhi group to confirm. "You're from the same village as Drest, right?"
"My name is Avlis; I am the village chief of a Lizhi village." The village chief introduced himself to Elio. "And yes, Lizhi Village is the name of the village where Drest lives."
"I came here with Drest and the others to thank you personally for saving Drest when he got lost in this forest." Said the village chief conveying his purpose for coming here.
"Then, you came all the way from your village here to what seems to be a dangerous forest for you, not only because you wanted to express your gratitude, right, Mr. Village Chief?" Elio caught that there seemed to be another purpose of the Lizhi village group to meet him.
Moreover, even the village chief came directly here to meet him.
Avlis, the village chief, glanced at Reeve, whereas Reeve also seemed to glance at the village chief.
""Well, I came here to ask you for help."" The village chief finally began telling him his real purpose and intention to meet him. "It concerns the safety and survival of the Lizhi village itself."
[Ding]
[Host, congratulations, you have triggered an Epic Mission]
"Huh... Epic Mission?" Elio was dumbfounded when he saw the notification from his system that suddenly appeared before him.